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A. P. VAUGHAN.- NBGKTIE PASTENER.

No. 595,928. Patented Dec. 21,1891

ALBERT F'- V AN.

UNITED STATES -FFICEQ ATENT ALBERT F. VAUGHAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO CORY & REYNOLDS, OF SAME PLACE.

NECKTlE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,928, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed August '7, 1897.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT F.VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Retainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in necktie-retainers, so called; and it consists, essentially, of a piece of suitablybent wire having a downwardlyextending spring -loop at each end adapted when in use to snugly receive and retain the lower edge of the corresponding ends of a collar and having the portions of the wire uniting said ends curved in horizontal planes and lo cated somewhat in advance of said end loops, thus forming a horizontal loop or space arranged to receive an end of the necktie before the latter is formed into a bow.

In necktie-retainers hitherto devised it has been usual to provide them with loops or other. means whereby they are adapted to be hooked over or onto the collar-button. In some cases, however, the center portion of the device has been bent so as to form an open yielding or spring loop adapted to be forced upwardly over the shank of the button and having an elongated opening in front to receive an end of the necktie.

My improved necktie-retainer differs from such former devices in that its manner of construction and attachment are such that it is wholly independent of the collar-button. In fact, the rear portion of it is depressed, so as to avoid said button. The device may be more readily applied than other articles of this class, and it possesses the added advantage that it will retain both the collar and necktie in position in case the collar-button becomes accidentally unbuttoned from the collar.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved Serial No. 647,474. (No model.)

necktie-retainer as in use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device, enlarged. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a plan view, the latter figure also showing portions of a collar.

My improved necktie-retainer a, again referring to the drawings, is made of a single piece of suitable wire. The length of wire composing it is bent in an elongated form, the ends of the wire being joined or soldered together. The two outer ends of the device are bent so as to form downwardly-extending loops 1). These loops are open at the top and have the adjacent sides or portions of the wire pressed nearly together, thus forming yielding or spring loops adapted to be pushed upwardly over the lower edge of the collar, the resiliency of the loops serving to maintain the device in position.

The back member I) (uniting the end loops) of the retainer is bent downwardly in a vertical plane substantially parallel with that of the said loops 1), as shown in Fig. 2, and is also bent or curved in a horizontal plane to conform somewhat to the curvature of the collar or neckband. (See Fig. 4.) The front member b, also uniting the end loops, is bent to a greater extent horizontally than the said part 19 thus forming a crescent-shaped opening or space 8 for the reception of one end of the necktie.-- (See Figs. 1 and 4.)

Igwill'be seen, Fig. 2, that the back memnot b is depressed at the center. This is done so as to avoid the collar-button, the device in use being attached wholly to the collar, the resiliency of the loops 12 holding the retainer in position and independently of the button, as before stated.

I prefer to extend the rear part of the upper portion of the end loops b above the plane of the front tie b, as indicated at 0, Figs. 2 and 3, thus adapting the device to be more readily hooked underor attached to the collar.

I would add that without departing from the spirit of my invention the tie retainers may be formed from blanks cut or punched out of flat or sheet metal stock.

I claim as my invention 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the necktie-retainer, substantially as hereinbefore described, made of wire and comprisbers, and having the rear part of the loops 1) extending above the plane of the front member Z), and a front loop s through which an end of the necktie may be passed, substantially as hereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT F. VAUGHAN.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK B. REYNOLDS, Gno. II. REMINGTON. 

